Sales Ledger and Credit Control

**Role Overview**:
Overseeing a portfolio of customers, including reconciliation of ledgers, accounting entries, dealing with discrepancies and ensuring that customers pay on time.

**Reports to**:Head of Finance

**Responsibilities & Duties**:
Taking responsibility for a portfolio of customers, including but not limited to:

- Keeping the customer detail sheet updated for all customers
- Maintaining the customer details on Sage and making changes as required
- Carrying out credit checks on new and existing customers as required
- Dealing with customer queries and investigating claims and disputes with customers and resolving or elevating as required.
- Chasing customers for payment of debts as they fall due and ensuring no debts fall into the 120 day column.
- Reconciling your sales ledger on a monthly basis and providing commentary thereon and reconciliation of your assigned invoicing financing account.

Checking of daily sales orders raised on the system and checking whether discounts need to be applied, by reference to the annual marketing timetable. Adjusting sales orders for discounts accordingly.

Receiving and checking daily dispatch records and identifying sales orders that require invoicing. Carrying out the daily invoicing function each morning for both HFB and SFM.

Supporting sales staff as required on pricing, account reconciliation and helping to resolve queries.

Covering the sales portfolio of the other member of sales ledger when on holiday.

Providing assistance and information as and when required to other members of the team and also the wider company.

Maintain and build strong working relationships with all customers and deliver excellent customer service

Resolve any queries and ensure any issues are addressed within a timely manner

Any other duties necessary to ensure the smooth running of the finance function

**Key Skills & Experience**:
Credit control and sales ledger experience

Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel to intermediate/high level)

Experience using Sage would be an advantage

Excellent communication skills

Analytical approach & problem solver

Numeracy skills & attention to detail essential

Be a self-starter with excellent organisational skills in planning and organising to control multiple tasks concurrently

**Salary**: From £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in BILLINGSHURST